List of governors of Vermont
Here is the list of individuals who became the Governor of Vermont.
List[change | change source]
As the independent Vermont Republic[change | change source]
# | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Lieutenant Governor | |
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1 | ![]() |
Thomas Chittenden | March 1778 | October 1789 | No party | Joseph Marsh
(1778–1779) |
No party |
Benjamin Carpenter
(1779–1781) |
No party | ||||||
Elisha Payne
(1781–1782) |
No party | ||||||
Paul Spooner
(1782–1787) |
No party | ||||||
Joseph Marsh
(1787–1790) |
No party | ||||||
2 | ![]() |
Moses Robinson | October 1789 | October 1790 | No party | ||
3 | ![]() |
Thomas Chittenden | October 1790 | October 1791 | No party | Peter Olcott
(1790–1794) |
No party |
As a U.S. state[change | change source]
- Political party
Democratic (6) Democratic-Republican (6) Federalist (3) No party (1) National Republican (2) Republican (54) Whig (8)
# | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Lieutenant Governor | Party | Side of the Green Mountains |
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1 | ![]() |
Thomas Chittenden | October 1790 | August 25, 1797 | Jonathan Hunt | Independent | West |
Paul Brigham | |||||||
2 | ![]() |
Paul Brigham | August 25, 1797 | October 16, 1797 | Democratic-Republican | East | |
3 | ![]() |
Isaac Tichenor | October 16, 1797 | October 9, 1807 | Federalist | West | |
4 | ![]() |
Israel Smith | October 9, 1807 | October 14, 1808 | Democratic-Republican | West | |
5 | ![]() |
Isaac Tichenor | October 14, 1808 | October 14, 1809 | Federalist | West | |
6 | ![]() |
Jonas Galusha | October 14, 1809 | October 23, 1813 | Democratic-Republican | West | |
7 | ![]() |
Martin Chittenden | October 23, 1813 | October 14, 1815 | William Chamberlain | Federalist | West |
8 | ![]() |
Jonas Galusha | October 14, 1815 | October 23, 1820 | Paul Brigham | Democratic-Republican | West |
9 | ![]() |
Richard Skinner | October 23, 1820 | October 10, 1823 | William Cahoon | Democratic-Republican | West |
Aaron Leland | |||||||
10 | ![]() |
Cornelius P. Van Ness | October 10, 1823 | October 13, 1826 | Democratic-Republican | West | |
11 | ![]() |
Ezra Butler | October 13, 1826 | October 10, 1828 | National Republican | East | |
Henry Olin | |||||||
12 | ![]() |
Samuel C. Crafts | October 10, 1828 | October 18, 1831 | Mark Richards | National Republican | East |
13 | ![]() |
William A. Palmer | October 18, 1831 | November 2, 1835 | Lebbeus Egerton | Anti-Masonic | East |
Silas H. Jennison (Whig) | |||||||
14 | ![]() |
Silas H. Jennison | November 2, 1835 | October 15, 1841 | Template:Party shading/none|vacant | Whig | West |
David M. Camp | |||||||
15 | Charles Paine | October 15, 1841 | October 13, 1843 | Waitstill R. Ranney | Whig | East | |
16 | ![]() |
John Mattocks | October 13, 1843 | October 11, 1844 | Horace Eaton | Whig | East |
17 | ![]() |
William Slade | October 11, 1844 | October 9, 1846 | Whig | West | |
18 | ![]() |
Horace Eaton | October 9, 1846 | October 1848 | Leonard Sargeant | Whig | East |
19 | ![]() |
Carlos Coolidge | October 1848 | October 11, 1850 | Robert Pierpoint | Whig | East |
20 | ![]() |
Charles K. Williams | October 11, 1850 | October 1852 | Julius Converse | Whig | West |
21 | ![]() |
Erastus Fairbanks | October 1852 | October 27, 1853 | William C. Kittredge | Whig | East |
22 | ![]() |
John S. Robinson | October 27, 1853 | October 13, 1854 | Jefferson P. Kidder | Democratic | West |
23 | ![]() |
Stephen Royce | October 13, 1854 | October 10, 1856 | Ryland Fletcher | Whig (1st term) | West |
Republican (2nd term) | |||||||
24 | ![]() |
Ryland Fletcher | October 10, 1856 | October 10, 1858 | James M. Slade | Republican | East |
25 | ![]() |
Hiland Hall | October 10, 1858 | October 12, 1860 | Burnham Martin | Republican | West |
26 | ![]() |
Erastus Fairbanks | October 12, 1860 | October 11, 1861 | Levi Underwood | Republican | East |
27 | ![]() |
Frederick Holbrook | October 11, 1861 | October 9, 1863 | Republican | East | |
Paul Dillingham | |||||||
28 | ![]() |
J. Gregory Smith | October 9, 1863 | October 13, 1865 | Republican | West | |
29 | ![]() |
Paul Dillingham | October 13, 1865 | October 13, 1867 | Abraham B. Gardner | Republican | East |
30 | ![]() |
John B. Page | October 13, 1867 | October 15, 1869 | Stephen Thomas | Republican | West |
31 | ![]() |
Peter T. Washburn | October 15, 1869 | February 7, 1870 | George W. Hendee | Republican | East |
32 | ![]() |
George W. Hendee | February 7, 1870 | October 6, 1870 | George N. Dale | Republican | West |
33 | ![]() |
John W. Stewart | October 6, 1870 | October 3, 1872 | Republican | West | |
34 | ![]() |
Julius Converse | October 3, 1872 | October 8, 1874 | Russell S. Taft | Republican | East |
35 | ![]() |
Asahel Peck | October 8, 1874 | October 5, 1876 | Lyman G. Hinckley | Republican | West |
36 | ![]() |
Horace Fairbanks | October 5, 1876 | October 3, 1878 | Redfield Proctor | Republican | East |
37 | ![]() |
Redfield Proctor | October 3, 1878 | October 7, 1880 | Eben Pomeroy Colton | Republican | West |
38 | ![]() |
Roswell Farnham | October 7, 1880 | October 5, 1882 | John L. Barstow | Republican | East |
39 | ![]() |
John L. Barstow | October 5, 1882 | October 2, 1884 | Samuel E. Pingree | Republican | West |
40 | ![]() |
Samuel E. Pingree | October 2, 1884 | October 7, 1886 | Ebenezer J. Ormsbee | Republican | East |
41 | ![]() |
Ebenezer J. Ormsbee | October 7, 1886 | October 4, 1888 | Levi K. Fuller | Republican | West |
42 | ![]() |
William P. Dillingham | October 4, 1888 | October 2, 1890 | Urban A. Woodbury | Republican | East |
43 | ![]() |
Carroll S. Page | October 2, 1890 | October 6, 1892 | Henry A. Fletcher | Republican | West |
44 | ![]() |
Levi K. Fuller | October 6, 1892 | October 4, 1894 | F. Stewart Stranahan | Republican | East |
45 | ![]() |
Urban A. Woodbury | October 4, 1894 | October 8, 1896 | Zophar M. Mansur | Republican | West |
46 | Josiah Grout | October 8, 1896 | October 6, 1898 | Nelson W. Fisk | Republican | East | |
47 | ![]() |
Edward C. Smith | October 6, 1898 | October 4, 1900 | Henry C. Bates | Republican | West |
48 | ![]() |
William W. Stickney | October 4, 1900 | October 3, 1902 | Martin F. Allen | Republican | East |
49 | ![]() |
John G. McCullough | October 3, 1902 | October 6, 1904 | Zed S. Stanton | Republican | West |
50 | ![]() |
Charles J. Bell | October 6, 1904 | October 4, 1906 | Charles H. Stearns | Republican | East |
51 | ![]() |
Fletcher D. Proctor | October 4, 1906 | October 8, 1908 | George H. Prouty | Republican | West |
52 | ![]() |
George H. Prouty | October 8, 1908 | October 5, 1910 | John A. Mead | Republican | East |
53 | ![]() |
John A. Mead | October 5, 1910 | October 3, 1912 | Leighton P. Slack | Republican | West |
54 | ![]() |
Allen M. Fletcher | October 3, 1912 | January 7, 1915 | Frank E. Howe | Republican | East |
55 | ![]() |
Charles W. Gates | January 7, 1915 | January 4, 1917 | Hale K. Darling | Republican | West |
56 | ![]() |
Horace F. Graham | January 4, 1917 | January 9, 1919 | Roger W. Hulburd | Republican | East |
57 | ![]() |
Percival W. Clement | January 9, 1919 | January 6, 1921 | Mason S. Stone | Republican | West |
58 | ![]() |
James Hartness | January 6, 1921 | January 4, 1923 | Abram W. Foote | Republican | East |
59 | ![]() |
Redfield Proctor Jr. | January 4, 1923 | January 8, 1925 | Franklin S. Billings | Republican | West |
60 | ![]() |
Franklin S. Billings | January 8, 1925 | January 6, 1927 | Walter K. Farnsworth | Republican | East |
61 | ![]() |
John E. Weeks | January 6, 1927 | January 8, 1931 | Hollister Jackson Stanley C. Wilson |
Republican | West |
62 | ![]() |
Stanley C. Wilson | January 8, 1931 | January 10, 1935 | Benjamin Williams Charles Manley Smith |
Republican | East |
63 | ![]() |
Charles M. Smith | January 10, 1935 | January 7, 1937 | George D. Aiken | Republican | West |
64 | ![]() |
George David Aiken | January 7, 1937 | January 9, 1941 | William H. Wills | Republican | East |
65 | ![]() |
William H. Wills | January 9, 1941 | January 4, 1945 | Mortimer R. Proctor | Republican | West |
66 | ![]() |
Mortimer R. Proctor | January 4, 1945 | January 9, 1947 | Lee E. Emerson | Republican | West |
67 | ![]() |
Ernest W. Gibson Jr. | January 9, 1947 | January 16, 1950 | Republican | East | |
Harold J. Arthur | |||||||
68 | ![]() |
Harold J. Arthur | January 16, 1950 | January 4, 1951 | Template:Party shading/none|vacant | Republican | West |
69 | ![]() |
Lee E. Emerson | January 4, 1951 | January 6, 1955 | Joseph B. Johnson | Republican | East |
70 | ![]() |
Joseph B. Johnson | January 6, 1955 | January 8, 1959 | Consuelo N. Bailey Robert T. Stafford |
Republican | East |
71 | ![]() |
Robert T. Stafford | January 8, 1959 | January 5, 1961 | Robert S. Babcock | Republican | West |
72 | ![]() |
F. Ray Keyser Jr. | January 5, 1961 | January 10, 1963 | Ralph A. Foote (Republican) | Republican | East |
73 | ![]() |
Philip H. Hoff | January 10, 1963 | January 9, 1969 | Democratic | West | |
John J. Daley (Democratic) | |||||||
74 | ![]() |
Deane C. Davis | January 9, 1969 | January 4, 1973 | John S. Burgess (Republican) | Republican | |
East | |||||||
75 | ![]() |
Thomas P. Salmon | January 4, 1973 | January 6, 1977 | Brian D. Burns (Democratic) | Democratic | |
East | |||||||
76 | ![]() |
Richard A. Snelling | January 6, 1977 | January 10, 1985 | T. Garry Buckley (Republican) | Republican | West |
Madeleine Kunin (Democratic) | |||||||
Peter P. Smith (Republican) | |||||||
77 | ![]() |
Madeleine Kunin | January 10, 1985 | January 10, 1991 | Democratic | West | |
Howard Dean (Democratic) | |||||||
78 | ![]() |
Richard A. Snelling | January 10, 1991 | August 13, 1991 | Republican | West | |
79 | ![]() |
Howard Dean | August 13, 1991 | January 9, 2003 | Template:Party shading/none|vacant | Democratic | West |
Barbara W. Snelling (Republican) | |||||||
Douglas Racine (Democratic) | |||||||
80 | ![]() |
Jim Douglas | January 9, 2003 | January 6, 2011 | Brian Dubie | Republican | West |
81 | ![]() |
Peter Shumlin | January 6, 2011 | January 5, 2017 | Phil Scott (Republican) | Democratic | East |
82 | ![]() |
Phil Scott | January 5, 2017 | Incumbent[1] | David Zuckerman (Progressive/Democratic) | Republican | East |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Scott's second term began January 10, 2019, and will expire January 2021